Design Funk
I’m in a weird design funk at work. I feel like my ideas are stale and everything that I do looks derivative. My wife, bless her, has given me some inspiration this morning that I am going to try and...
View ArticleViva Las Vegas
Las Vegas is truly a spectacle. The last time I was in Vegas was about 4 years ago with Alli, Rich, Sarah, and the Beckmans. It was a great time, the first time I’d spent multiple days in Vegas as an...
View ArticleFeed Readers: Disregard
NOTE: For those of you who read this site via feed and do not visit, you can ignore this message…it has to do with presentation on the site side. … Are they gone yet? OK, so here’s the deal for those...
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The Cheese Monkeys
The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters by Chip Kidd RATING: 9 out of 10 Back in June when I was attending the HOW Design Conference with my colleagues in Las Vegas, I was fortunate enough to...
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Que Onda Guero
Did you know that the translation of Beck’s title track from his last album is “What’s up honky?” At least that’s something I heard. So…save a couple of random posts here and there over the last couple...
View ArticleOut of Practice
It’s been almost 8 years since I graduated college with an English degree. I spent the first year or so out of college as a writer, but as the company I worked for grew, my role changed and morphed and...
View ArticlePossible Refresh
There’s an outside chance I’m going to redesign the old blog again this summer. The darkness is good and good for the environment and all, but I’m thinking we might need to be a little sunnier. I am...
View ArticleDear The Office,
When referencing a graphic design program, please do not – under any circumstances – EVER use the following dialogue: Jim: “I thought you were good at Flash.” Pam: “I was. And then they changed to...
View ArticleOpacity Awesomeness
Web designers around the world swoon every advent season when Drew McClellan puts up his 24 ways and this year was no exception. With a sexy new design from Made By Elephant, 24 Ways was back with...
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Why Gowalla is Better than Foursquare
Gowalla Presents: Gifts On the Go 2010 I’ve long been a proponent of geo-location tool Gowalla. I prefer it considerably over one of its larger competitors, Foursquare and for good reason. This...
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